Obituary: July 1988, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaries are listed below:

Lula Louiza Hemphill
Arah A. Johnston
Vaudie W. Simons
 
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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA       July 20, 1988
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Lula Louiza Hemphill
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Louiza Hemphill, age 93, Rt. 3, Box 86-B, Winnsboro, 
were held Monday, July 18 at Winnsboro First National Funeral Home Chapel with the 
Rev. Eddie Wayne Rhymes officiating.
 
Burial was in Ogden Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
Mrs. Hemphill died Saturday at King's Guest Home in Winnsboro.
 
A housewife, Mrs. Hemphill was born in Lincoln County, Miss.
 
 She is survived by two daughters, Hedy Vega, Chalmette, and Emma Lou Rhymes, Winnsboro.
 
Pallbearers were W. H. Sanders Jr., Claude Butler Jr., Leo Thornhill Jr., Jerry Jones, 
Allen Ray and Joe C. Nichols Jr.

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, La.      July 13, 1988
Submitted Jan. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Arah A. Johnston
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Arah A. Johnston, 82, of Monroe, were held on Saturday, July 9, 
in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Home.
 
Interment was in Providence Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Ralph Thomas officiating.
 
A native of Winnfield, she was born Dec. 22, 1906. She was a housewife. She died on July 8, 1988, 
following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include three sons, Harvey Johnston and Buddy Johnston, both of Monroe and Charles Johnston, 
Winnsboro; three daughters, Margie Wilson, Shreveport, Charlene Benoit, Monroe, and Lorraine Verdin, 
New Orleans; one sister, Ola Riley, Winnsboro; 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were Ken McFarland, Norman Redden, Bobby Johnston, Shannon Wilson, Michael Holton 
and Hubert Allen.


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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA       July 27, 1988
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Vaudie W. Simons
 
Funeral services for Vaudie W. Simons, 55, of Winnsboro, were held on Sunday, July 24, in the Sardis Baptist Church 
with the Rev. Wayne Stroud officiating.
 
Interment was in Ogden Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
 
She was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and a member of the Eastern Star. She died on July 22, 1988, following a 
brief illness.
 
Survivors include her husband, Charles Simons, Winnsboro; one daughter, Kathy Weston, Rayville; one son, Kenny Simons, 
Winnsboro; one sister, Edna Faye Loflin, Winnsboro; one brother, W.F. Williams Jr., Amelia; one grandchild, Amy Weston; 
and a number of nieces and nephews.
 
Pallbearers were Joe Stroud, Earl Albritton, Billy Joe Dupree, Eric McMurray, Lynn Earl Eubanks, Rod Deaton, 
Marty Thornton and J. W. Thornton.
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